°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Beacon Bursary awarded to expand Radiation Reveal project
14 December 2022
Researchers from °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and have been awarded a °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Engagement 2022 Beacon Bursary enabling them to expand their project and collaborate on a new series of podcasts with .
Lead applicant, Dr Jamie Dean, commented:
We are delighted that the Radiation Reveal project was selected for a °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Beacon Bursary. The Radiation Reveal project started as a CRUK RadNet City of London initiative to bring together young people who have been treated with radiotherapy and radiotherapy researchers for a series of workshops. The project expanded to include lab tours and focus groups where young people provided input on researchers’ future research ideas. The Beacon Bursary award will enable us to team up with the RadChat Podcast to produce a series of Radiation Reveal podcast episodes. This will bring our dialogue between young people treated with radiotherapy and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ radiotherapy researchers to a large international audience of healthcare professionals and highlight the cutting-edge research being conducted at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ to improve the lives of patients treated with radiotherapy.
The team will bring together TYAs and radiation researchers funded by CRUK RadNet City of London to co-produce a special series of the podcast RadChat with the aim of increasing awareness of radiotherapy, TYAs experiences of cancer, impactful PPIE and to promote °×С½ãÂÛ̳’s cancer research to new audiences outside of the academic domain.
Lead Applicant: Dr Jamie Dean
Co-Applicants: Dr Catarina Veiga and Dr Lisa Whittaker (KCL)
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Engagement (previously the Public Engagement Unit) is based in the Office of the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Vice-Provost, Research, Innovation & Global Engagement (OVPRIGE) within Library, Culture, Collections & Open Science (LCCOS). Our team takes a collaborative approach to enabling brighter ideas through deeper connections. We focus on equipping °×С½ãÂÛ̳ to listen and respond to community need, locally and globally. Â